How to make a nuclear reactor at home

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Science & Technology

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• Radioactive
• Plutonium
• Dangerous
• Experiment
• Nuclear
• Boy
• Scout
• Hahn
• Radium
• Thorium

[NomtheZombieSplayer]

i tried this

[Detoyato]

@filipiliescu And once again, theres no Alpha Particles related in any way with the Transmutation through decay of Thorium into Uranium. Those 2 Extra protons your talking about used to be Neutrons... who has turned into Protons. And Alpha Particles are electronless Helium Nucleus instead of just two protons as you say. (Tho I think you know this already, but since you mentioned something I already know then theres no harm done with me doing the same)

[Detoyato]

@filipiliescu And I do know what Beta Decay is thank you very much. If I didnt... then I wouldnt be discussing it with you now would I?

[Detoyato]

@filipiliescu Whos Arguing?... Were merely discussing some information. If anyone who else who reads our discussion thinks were arguing... then thats their problem. And what makes you mention Wikipedia?

Once you start Fission of U233 within Th. Properly moderated then it would breed more U233 from the Th.

[topdogmic]

no thanks,very interesting though .something are better kept secret

[filipiliescu]

@filipiliescu What people do not undestand is that from 1Kg of Th bombarded with neutrons you will obtain 1Kg of Th with 0.5% U233, extremly fisionable and enough to start a nuclear chain reaction from Th.

[filipiliescu]

@Detoyato My friend, i do not want to argue with you. Wikipedia is not turning people into scientists. Beta decay mean that from nucleus is emited an antiproton(an electron). You cannot take something from the nucleus and make it larger. Why you need neutrons? A neutron collides with a nucleus, this nucleus emits other neutrons and/or alpha particle. Those alpha particles(2 protons) are added to other nucleus and those became larger.

[h36564]

and why are you telling me this

[Detoyato]

@filipiliescu All would be needed are Thermal Neutrons from any sort of Fission, either from U or PU. Not even the need for Alpha particles. A neutron would turn Th-232 into

Th-233 which beta decays into Pa-233 which in turn beta decays into U-233. Thus breeding a Fissile Uranium Isotope from Fertile Thorium.

The LFTR concept is quite interesting since it uses Fuel in a Molten State disolved in Salts. Its impossible to have a meltdown if your fuel is already liquid and is at Ambient pressure.

[Lighthammer18]

too bad it's not so simple to get your hands on Thorium anymore =/ would really like to make a Thor's hammer out of it^^